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COMBINED ADVERTISING MEDIUM AND CARD 0R TICKET HOLDER.

No. 350,022. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY K. SOUTHLAND AND CHARLES F. AR-HEN, OF WASHINGTON, T).

COMBINED ADVERTISING MEDIUM AND CARD R TICKET HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,022, datedseptenioel 28,1886.

' Application filed February 11, lBFfi. Serial No. 191,634. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that we, HENRY K. SoU'rHmNn and CHARLES 11 WARREN, citizensof the United States, residing at XVashington, in the District ofColumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Advertising Medium and Card or Ticket Holder; and we do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccomparemovable, while retaining it with sufficient 5 security toprevent loss.

As now practiced rai lroad-tickets are sold in envelopes, which, whilethey hold the ticket against soiling, do not prevent it from beingcrumpled,and add nothing to the size or weight of the ticket, therebyrendering it liable to become displaced or lost; nor do envelopes atford a permanent holder, or one that is likely to attract any attentionwhen placed among other papers.

Our invention is designed to take the place of the envelopes now in use,and to cure the difficulties arising from such use in positions asherein indicated; and while our invention gives a more readilydiscoverable character to the ticket-holder and adds permanency anddurability thereto, it at the same time affords a means for insertingany number of advertisements in a very readable way, and in such shapeas will be likely to attract the attention of the ticket holder orpurchaser. These advertisements can be made to be of value to thetraveler, as we design placing advertisements in the pamphlet or littlebook which shall relate to matters at his destinationas, for instance,when a ticket is sold in New York for Vashington, the book or pamphleton which it will beheld and delivered to the purchaser will containWashington advertisements ofhotels, boarding-houses, places of businessor amusement, lines of travel, and similar matter likely to be ofinterest and service to the traveler; and, if desired, a briefdescription of the town or city of destination and of the principalpoints of interest therein may be added to the advertisements, thusmaking the ticket-holder an invaluable adjunct to the ticket.

In constructing our device we prefer to have at least one of the backson covers of the book stiii',though both may with good effect he stiii',and preferably are so. To the stiff or inflexible back we secure theticket-holder, which we form of wire, and so construct as to havesupports for the ticket at the bottom on both sides and a centrally inwardly-pressing spring portion for holdi ug the ticket securely inplace. The top ofthespriugportion may have a curved guide extending outslightly, to the more read ily receive and guide the ticketinto place.This construction not only holds the ticketin position, so that it canbe readily seen and its contents or the matter upon it readily perused,but it also makes a reliable holding means and prevents the ticket fromdropping out, the ends of the loops, which lie upon the outside of theback, serving as raised supports for the ticket,while the ring or springportion clamps or presses the ticket in against the back.

The following detailed description of our invention will enable othersthe more readily to understand the same.

The accompanying drawings illustrate what we consider to be the bestmeans for carrying our invention into practice.

Figure l. is afront elevation of our combined device. Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing a ticket in place. Fig. 3 is a side elevation oredge view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures where they occur.

A. is the book or pamphlet,on the pages and covers of which theadvertisements and other reading-matter are to be placed. To one of thecovers a the ticket-holder is secured. This 2 aso.o22

ticket-holder is preferably made of a single piece of wire or otherelastic springy material. The ends are fastened to the cover by beinginserted through the same from the outside, extended along the inside ofthe cover, then passed back and extended for a suitable distance downthe outside of the cover, as shown by the loop bin Fig. 3. Between thesetwo end fastenings the wire is bent to form the bottom supports, b I),and the upwardly-extending central spring portion, B, whose naturalelasticity, due to the manner in which it is constructed, presses inwardtoward the cover. A loop or double ring is made of the wire at thispoint, as shown in Fig. 2; or it may be twisted in any other desired orconvenient form, one such being shown in Fig. 1. It is evident thatthe'form of the clamp at this point is not essential. It is also evidentthat the clamp ends may be secured to the cover in many other waysbesides that shown, and we would not be understood as limiting ourselvesto the form of clamp in any particular, except as to having a springportion and support or supports for the lower edge of the ticket.

In order to facilitate the insertion of the ticket under the portion B,we provide a slightly outwardly projecting portion or guide, B, whichmay be made by simply bending or curving the top of part B outward, asshown in Fig. 3, or by making a loop or teat in the wire at this point,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Either form will serve to guide the ticket into place. r

As shown in the figures, the holder affords a centralopen space below,where the ticket may be reached and pushed upward when it is desired toremove it. This space is marked The portions of the loops'b and of theWires of the device which rest upon the exterior oithe back form sidesupports for the back of theticket, and the ring or springportion Bpresses the ticket in between these wires against the back of the bookand firmly holds it. ,The ticket is marked Z.

\Ve are aware that ticket and sample holders have before .been attachedto various articles for advertising purposes, and these we do not claim,broadly; but our invention differs from them and constitutes a novel andconvenient device for the purpose described.

Having thus described our invention, what we desire to claim and secureby Letters Patcut is- 1. A combined advertising medium and ticket-holderconsisting of abook or pamphlet having a ticket-holder secured upon itscover, said ticket-holder being formed of wire bent upon itself to formaspring-clamp, and suitably shaped at the top to receive the ticket, thefree ends of the wire being bent to form supports or retaining portionsat its bottom, and suitably fastened to the cover to secure the holderin place, substantially as described.

2. A combined advertising medium and ticket-holder consisting of a bookor pamphlet having a ticket-holder secured upon its cover, saidticket-holder composed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself toform a spring-01a m p, and an outwardly curved or extended guide on top,the free ends. of the wire being bent to form supports or retainingportions at its bottom,and passed through the cover toseeu re the holderin place, substantially as describedr In testimony whereof we affix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY K. SOUTHLAND. CHAS. F. \VARREN.

